Looking for upstarts, bracket busters or Cinderellas in this Final Four? Wait 'til next year.

Actually, waiting until next year is what 64 other college basketball teams who began the NCAA Tournament three weeks ago are doing. It's Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio State, and Kansas, each big-time programs with championship pedigrees, who have advanced to New Orleans for the national semifinals on Saturday, March 31.

An upset-filled NCAA Tournament in which there isn't a no. 1 or no. 2 seed left has created the most unique NCAA Final Four ever, as well as a dream one for fans of mid-majors (not to mention the two people, out of the 5.9 million who filled out a bracket at ESPN.com, who have all four Final Four teams).

But mass chaos hasn't been great business for ticket brokers.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a lower court decision in a class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Ticketmaster that could jeopardize the pair's long-standing practice of holding lotteries for Final Four tickets.

The decision does not necessarily mean the NCAA and Ticketmaster must stop holding ticket lotteries, but two of three Appeals Court judges who heard the appeal voted to return the case back to the U.S. District Court in Indiana, where it had been dismissed.

"Veritix Flash Seats® Used to Offer Digital Tickets to Students at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four®"

Cleveland, Ohio (Veritix) April 17, 2009 – Veritix Flash Seats® recently provided digital ticketing services for new specially-priced student tickets distributed at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four held April 4 and 6 in Detroit.

By using the comprehensive, patented digital ticketing platform for their special student ticketing, the NCAA was able to ensure that only the students designated to sit in the first-ever Final Four student sections could purchase tickets and enter by swiping the credit card used to purchase the student ticket. These students were also only able to receive a ticket by registering a valid student email address ensuring that only the appropriately registered students used tickets meant for the designated student sections.

Thanks to a win over the Louisville Cardinals, the Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball team will be playing in front of a home crowd in the NCAA Tournament Final Four Saturday, April 4 at Ford Field in Detroit. Hometown pride might not only help the Spartans succeed, it’s sure to boost ticket sales. And that’s good news for the secondary market.

Clearly, having Michigan State in the Final Four – MSU is in East Lansing, an 86-mile jaunt to Detroit down I-96 – is worth a bump in ticket prices. Sean Pate of StubHub told TicketNews that the team’s appearance in the tourney has already increased ticket prices sold on StubHub.com "...by almost $40. The average price jumped from $399 on Friday to $437 today (Monday)."